21 Useful iTunes 11 Keyboard Shortcuts

The new iTunes interface can be a bit jolting at first, but whether you’re still trying to get the hang of the new iTunes 11 interface of you’ve already made the changes to bring some familiarity back to the app, you’ll find good use out of these keyboard shortcuts.

We’ve split them up into three distinct sections based on usage, and you’ll be able to start and stop songs, change volume, hide and show the sidebar, toggle the new MiniPlayer, and access all of your media libraries, all with the help of nothing but some simple keyboard shortcuts.

General Usage & Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts

Spacebar to play or stop playing the selected song

Option+Return to add current song to “Up Next”

Command+. to stop current action

Command+Right Arrow to go to the next song

Command+Left Arrow to go to the previous song

Command+Up Arrow to increase volume

Command+Down Arrow to decrease volume

Command+Option+S to Show or Hide Sidebar

Command+/ to Show or Hide Status Bar

Access Specific Features

Command+Option+3 to show or hide the Mini Player

Command+Option+M to toggle the iTunes window into the Mini Player

Command+Option+2 to show the Equalizer

Command+Option+U to show Up Next

Accessing Media Libraries in iTunes

Command+1 to see Music library

Command+2 to go to Movies library

Command+3 to access TV Shows library

Command+4 to access Podcasts

Command+5 to go to iTunes U

Command+6 jumps to Books library

Command+7 to go to Apps

Command+Shift+H to go to the iTunes Store home screen

You’ll notice that some of the media library keyboard shortcuts won’t work if you don’t have anything stored in them in iTunes. For example, if you have no iBooks available in iTunes, then hitting Command+6 won’t do anything.

This post was inspired by MacGasm, who listed a handful of the keyboard shortcuts that let you quickly jump around media libraries.

Are we missing any other useful keyboard shortcuts? Let us know!

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